Tug Frogs
Two frogs, one fly, and a staring contest with a pond between them.
About This Game
Two frogs, one fly, and a staring contest with a pond between them. The fly loafs along the center line and every so often lights up gold — that glow is the only moment a tongue can catch it.
Tap your half first and your tongue whips the full length of the pond, plucks the fly out of the air, and hauls it back for a gulp and a point. Tap early and you eat nothing but air: the tongue flops past the dodging fly and your frog sits stunned for a long beat, eyes crossed, while your rival lines up a free catch.
The pond plays dirty, too — pale fake shimmers flicker just often enough to bait twitchy fingers, and as the score climbs the fakes come more often, the real glow gets shorter, and the fly gets faster. First to five flies wins. A nerve duel for two people around one phone: hold, hold... now!
Game Tips
- 🪰 The pale flicker is a trap — only gold counts!
- 😵 A miss stuns you 0.8s — patience beats speed!
- 🏁 At match point the glow gets shorter — stay sharp!
Controls
- Fly glows gold → tap your half : tongue snaps out & catches (+1)
- Tap with no glow or on a pale shimmer : miss & stunned 0.8s
- Stunned frogs can't catch — wait it out
- ※ First to 5 flies wins!
- ※ Fake shimmers get sneakier as the score climbs.
Game info
- Players
- 2+ players
- Developer
- PLAYMINIT — original game, made in-house
- Released
- 2026.07.22
- Last updated
- 2026.11.05
- Version
- v2.3
- Monthly ranking
- Not supported
- Controls
- Touch
Dev Log
- v2.3
Behind-the-scenes cleanup
- No changes to gameplay
- v2.2
Behind-the-scenes cleanup
- No changes to gameplay
- v2.1
Results screen only
- Winner now shown only on the results screen
- Removed tap-to-restart after a match
Earlier versions (2)
- v2.0
Rebuilt as Tug Frogs
- Head-to-head reflex duel
- Tap when the fly glows gold, first to 5 flies wins
- Early taps or fake shimmers stun your frog
- v1.0
First release
- Steer your friend's kite and dodge clouds together for 18 seconds
- One cloud bump ends the round for both kites
